Creating Pandora's Box

Creating

PSUSD Board Presentation

1Tuesday, April 12, 2011

Creating Pandora’s Box

Matt Cauthron

DATA Digital Imaging,

Cathedral City High School

http://data-di.blogspot.com/


http://data-di.blogspot.com

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The Big Idea


This project was designed in the Challenge Based Learning format. I was lucky enough to be selected as 1 of 18 educators from across the country to work w/Karen Cator and the Apple Education team on the curriculum design side of the CBL project.

To provide a collaborative learning experience between elementary and high school students which

focuses on the arts and emphasizes a variety of technology

and 21st Century skills.


Inspired by the art work of Yeondoo Jung


It is very intriguing how truly pure the creative mind’s of young children are and how important it is to provide learning experiences that exercise their creativity.

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https://picasaweb.google.com/imagemonki/AChildSDreamPro%23

The Process


It is more about the “Village” and the process vs. the product!-working together collaboratively with a visual arts & technology focus was the foundation ***When I pitched it to my students they were VERY excited by the possibility of working with young students in the schools they attended.


I really want to emphasize the inspirational work of the elementary students and the pure excitement the students had working together!

Di sophomore Taylor Burns edited a 21 segemnts of the myth suitable for elementary students

also a Spotlight award finalist!


*The story was selected by Mr. David Vogel, ex-President of Buena Vista Pictures.I worked with Taylor for several weeks storyboarding and breaking down multiple versions of the story to accommodate the age group. I honestly lost track of how many versions we wrote... luckily we had access to Acrobat.com so typing could occur in ‘the Cloud.’

Di students visited Joel Bible & Sabrina Molhoekeʼs Rio Vista classrooms to read the story & sketch the segments w/3rd graders


Sometimes elementary students are the tuffest audience! I’ve had kids up speaking in public before, but this time it was interesting to see them more nervous then when speaking to adults.

VPA specialist Louisa Castrodale created watercolors with the 3rd graders from the drawings


Without the coordination & assistance of Louisa as the Visual & Performing Arts specialist, this project may not ever have gotten of the ground.

Di students shot, edited, and/or composited their interpretation of the 3rd graderʼs paintings


After the water colors were brought over to CCHS, Di students began the re-creation part of the process

Di students returned to Rio Vista to present their digital imagery to the 3rd grade students


We could very well have been showing them rocks! They were so genuinely enthusiastic merely about having the high school students returning to interact, that the art was secondary.... it was again more about the process and peer relationship.

Di students made further edits to their work in preparation for publishing


RV 3rd grade teacher Joel Bible worked with his student Fayth Clayton on narration for the video


Di senior Ben Nickerson created motion graphics, compiled media, and edited the video


Di students Caroline Parra & Jocael Suarez complied the text / imagery and edited the digital book


Available soon to purchase online via Blurb.com.... ***Free in digital formats through issuu and hopefully the ADE channel on iTunes U!

The Solution(s)


1. Presenting their work at Rio Vista2. Sharing their work with a local AND global community3. Publishing their work for students and the world to see in a professional manner

sharing w/a global education community


Leading by example in communities of educators who are also doing great things....sharing student talent, providing wonderful examples for others to learn from.As of 4/12/11...AE20 = 8800 membersAEE = 12,300 members




http://arted20.ning.com/







http://edexchange.adobe.com











http://itunes.apple.com/us/institution/apple-distinguished-educators/id380379132

http://itunes.apple.com/us/institution/apple-distinguished-educators/id380379132

authentic media publishing


Always reinforcing the celebration of our student’s talents! *It REALLY raises the bar when they know that their work will be seen by a global audience.**I often think that our work is more ‘known’ across global educational communities then here at home.

Our collaborative DigiCom submission20Tuesday, April 12, 2011

Not only will this be viewed on the DATA websites, it will be submitted as a collaborative project for DigiCom. The

Reflections


I would really like to find further opportunities to establish a peer system for projects like this to continue in Cathedral City schools or PSUSD.

"Editing Pandora’s Box was definitely difficult. It took a lot of storyboarding and thinking. I tried to put my words in a child’s brain so they could understand the meaning of the whole story."

-Taylor Burns, DATA Di Sophomore


“The experience with the 3rd graders at Rio vista was interesting. Communication was majorly important, listening to the kids and providing input for their sketches, while explaining to them what they needed to draw was challenging. My word was "Fear" and explaining what the word meant to them and how to draw it out on paper took a lot of thinking and brainstorming. It was fun listening to the kids and all their amazingly creative ideas.”

-Kimberlyn Gonzalez, DATA Di Junior


"My students were so excited about teaming with the high school students for this project. They asked me everyday when they were coming back to share their pictures. My class discussed the types of jobs that someone who had these technical skills might aspire to in the future. It was a great time of collaboration and mentoring!"

-Joel Bible, Rio Vista 3rd Grade Teacher


“My students were very excited to work with DATA Di students and many of them told me that they "felt like real artists" afterwards. In fact, it was great to see some of my less-academically successful kids really shine. They were so proud of the way that the high school kids picked up on their unique ideas and included them. When the project was finished many of my students told me how excited they were to be able to take art classes "when they grew up" (in High School).”

~Sabrina Molhoek, Rio Vista 3rd Grade Teacher


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Thank you for supporting the arts, technology, and creativity in our schools!

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